plki t os that number of deaths in the u.s. now were not asked, we'll save them surpassing the number of those for next time. we'll be back tomorrow at 3: lost in the 9/11 attacks. in new york city the grim images, victims of the virus loaded in the makeshift wards. more than 300 deaths overnight. i asked governor cuomo when does he see the peek of of this days or even weeks, and does he prepare for the stay at home guidelines past april 30th. the navy ship comfort to help hospital that's are stretched to the limit. tonight we're one-on-one with the captain of the ship and new tonight ventilators process for the federal government forced the state to bid against each other as if they're buying ventilators on e bay and president moments ago calling this a plague, laying out the models what scientist yous say where this is headed in the u.s.

toll on the front lines, doctors and nurses becoming infected.up facility infected. tonight the testing. one republic governor saying there is desperate need for tests and we're on the front line with first responders and paramedics and first responders describing their fears about becoming infected and making their own family sick. we're across the country tonight bracing for the spike in the west. cases in california climbing 30% overnight. our interview tonight with the mayor of los angeles saying we will be the next new york. in one orego whito state choir . practice turned deadly. in georgia two who attended a funeral, now sick. in texas 28 students testing positive after a trip.

tonight the captain of u.s. aircraft carrier pleading help. tuesday president trump tonight with his most somber message yet, calling for americans to brace for a quote tough two weeks with members of the team and doctors and scientists with him saying americans should be prepared for more than 100,000 deaths before we get through this, at one point the current projections show if we adhere to the social distancing guidelines number could be higher as many as 240,000 dead according to models they're looking at now. all of this as number of cases the grows exponentially, two weeks ago 500 and tonight

184,000 in the u.s., the death toll more than 3700 more deaths in the u.s. than what was report in china. as the virus spreads at least 42 states in washington, d.c. ordering closers of non-essential businesses. tonight new york city the epicenter the deaths mounting here and i asked governor andrew cuomo when he sees the peek of this, you will hear what the governor said in just a moment. those images today, bodies being loaded into trucks and the navy ship comfort taking patients with coronavirus to help hospitals already overwhelmed by this. equipment still in short supply. new york's governor saying the system set up right now is like being on e bay with 50 other states bidding on the ventilators. tonight maryland's governor saying no state has enough tests. e calls heree on the front les

they are often the first to come in contact with patients with the coronavirus. and doctor standing by with your questions. we're going to get it to all tonight. we begin with that message from the white house moments ago. . >> victims of the virus being loaded into makeshift morgues and more than 1500 now dead across the state. >> we have to look at this pattern and conclude that the worst is certainly in the next few weeks minimum. i could see it going into may. >> with city hospitals pushed to the max, the navy's hospital ship the comfort already receiving over flow noncovid-19 patients. today the ship's commander said he would speak to us and we quickly learned they're taking no chances. at the dock a military check point. they take our temperature and ask us series of questions.

>> have any loss of appetite -- drz. >> none of that. >> we have to skype with the commander from land. only navy personnel allowed on board. he told me the magnitude hit him when they sailed past lady liberty. >> unbelievable it really hits home the impact what we can do to help the citizens of new york. this is absolutely huge. meant so much to me. i have been in the service 36 years and that is the most significant and heart >> the gravity of the crisis felt across the country as hospitals and state governments battle to get ventilators one of the critical tools in the citing of the coronavirus. >> it's like being on ebay with 50 other states bidding on a ventilators is what we're doing. >> overnight asked about the timeline, when the virus would

peek in new york. >> governor you talk about the apex, the peek of this, i know you're relying on your own scientists behind the scenes. what do the numbers tell you about when new york city, new york state could see this apex? >> you know, david, that's the hard part but we have a range of anywhere from one week to the apex, some people saying another 21 days. everyone, every model shows it well over the capacity of the health care system, so we're putting together stock piles, trying to get the equipment together, ventilators, which are key to this battle. because people who come in with acute illness almost all need a ventilat ventilator, so every projections says it's over capacity, when we don't know. >> in quee, doctors and nurses scrambling around the clock. >> it's been 17 hours since i

got here this morning at 7:00, i arrived, there's been no icu beds, multiple resuscitations, and patients are critically ill. have an opportunity to sit down, to eat, to drink, to go to the bathroom. the most disconcerting thing is that we're losing staff members. our nurses are sick. >> the doctors have been working at their practice to ease the crush of patients at near by hospitals. >> this virus is so contagious like finding a monster with a water gun. >> her husband now hospitalized with the virus. >> i think that was the hardest thing. weyears. i'm so sorry. >> the president today calling the virus a plague warning the country faces tough days ahead. >> i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that

lie ahead. going to go through very tough two weeks and then see real light at the end of the tunnel but this will be a very, very painful two weeks. >> cases popping up across the country, in austin, texas, 28 8 college students, this in a convention center in detroit where cases are already spiking. the mayor fearing they're facing a crisis like in new york. >> we could be in that situation in two weeks if we don't keep our resolved. >> yeah that's just not true. i know they've taken steps to create new tests but they're not produced, distributed for enough testing. >> tonight, signs of hope, some patients, like 44-year-old father of three who wasp put on a ventilator and put on

experiment ebola drug and tonight was awake and talking. >> it was devastating, knowing he was there by himself was really hard. >> very hard time. we heard the president telling americans to expect a very, very painful time in the next two weeks were his words. governor andrew cuomo telling us that he's expected the guidelines could go beyond april 30th they're prepared for that possibility and the president talking about the images the country is seeing out of new york, of course the makeshift morgues all over the city >> that's right, doctors and nurses talking about going to

work like going to battle. and described those who died in freezer trucks, nobody could have imagined that. >> thank you, tom. we're also on the front lines with the paramedics, the first responders answering the 911 calls and we have to remember they're often the first to come into contact with patients who have the virus. now in queens, new york. >> tonight in queens, the epicenter of the new york city outbreak, ems workers are the infantry and they are overwhelmed. the number of calls to new york's 911 system skycalls. this woman's aunt is covid-19 positive and has pneumonia.p th hospital. >> she's scared.

>> i'm scared for her. >> with 20% of the ems force out sick, theing nearly nonstop, sometimes with only limited protective gear, many afraid of infecting their families at home. >> dozens and dozens of members who are sleeping in their cars because they don't want to bring it to their families. >> john hasn't seen his son in a week. >> last night he said when you going to come get me. i told him, when becoming sick or they stop going to heaven. right now every call is a risk he and his fell first responders are willing to take to help those in need. >> are you worried? >> yeah. yeah. i know we're going to come down with this. at this point it's not a question of if we are going to

get it but how bad we're going to get it. >> they are the heroes on the front lines and that's an incredible snap shot what's playing out in new york every hour here in the city as we see those ambulances racing past us even on the way to work you see those lights and you can't forget this is happening all over the country. and you talked to them today and help coming from fema. >> that's right mayor bill de blasio announcing partnership with fema to bring 200 more ambulances and 500 ems workers from all over the country right here to new york city. david? >> eva, thank you for that report tonight. across the country hot spots elsewhere, detroit, chicago, and tonight mayor of los angeles of california, l.a., we will be the next new york. than a dozen d. herean

>> reporter: a mass quarhave sp p die, you don't stand a chance. if we die, you die, and that is the truth. >> reporter: tonight, new anecdotes of the virus spreading explosively like a bomb.

health authorities tracing an outbreak of two dozen seen who y can't fix? >> very much so. it breaks my heart. it really does. i'm not used to this amount of death. >> reporter: in washington state, a choir practice on march 10th would turn deadly. the 60 people there saying they practiced social distancing and used hand sanitizer. >> i heard from 20 people probably within a day or two that they were all getting sick also. >> reporter: in fact, 45 members are either covid positive or have symptoms. three have been hospitalized. two are now dead. lindsey burrell is an icu nurse here in california, and like so many others, fears tracking the virus home. >> the best moment is when i get home to see these little monkeys. hi. let me go change, okay?

i missed you boys so much. i love you. >> that nurse doing what so many parents, telling their children to stay at bay so they can get changed. and matt, the governor warning everyone of what is coming? >> reporter: an era of scarcity. there will be a shortage of hospital beds, ppe, and doctors and nurses. protecting those on the front line is personal for the mayor. his own daughter is a nurse here. >> matt, thank you. this evening, the urgent call for help continues from the captain of the u.s. aircraft carrier, the uss theodore roosevelt. at least 70 sailors with the virus. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: with the uss roosevelt still docked in guam, an urgent plea from its captain. captain brett crozier wants his crew off the covid infected ship as soon as possible.

writing to navy leadership, "we are not at war. sailors do not need to die." the nuclear powered aircraft carrier pulled into guam last week, with nearly two dozen of its sailors testing positive. those crew members were removed, and isolated. now with more than 70 testing positive, crozier wants nearly all his sailors in quarantine conditions on land for 14 days. it is no wonder. crowded corridors, packed sleeping quarters, and communal meals make it impossible on these ships to keep the sailors at a distance. they will leave about 10% of the sailors onboard to ensure the nuclear reactor and a and and a nuclear reactor and a and and a has said. especially by something li

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